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The Kingfisher Nature Encyclopedia explores the amazing diversity of life on Earth, from microscopic organisms to giant redwoods and blue whales, and on every part of the Earth’s surface from tropical rainforests to dark ocean depths. If you want one nature encyclopedia, this is it!Kingfisher’s encyclopedias are award-winning, information-packed reference books for all the family. The updated editions are beautiful versions of these trusted favourites – perfect for gifts and reference alike.

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In this updated and revised edition of Tree, readers can follow a seed grow into a sapling, the changing colors of fall leaves, and the tiny insects that live in rotting leaves on the forest floor, plus learn why deciduous trees lose their leaves in the fall, how a tree breathes, how bark defends trees from attack by animals, and more.Each revised Eyewitness book retains the stunning artwork and photography from the groundbreaking original series, but the text has been reduced and reworked to speak more clearly to younger readers. Still on every colorful page: Vibrant annotated photographs and the integrated text-and-pictures approach that makes Eyewitness a perennial favorite of parents, teachers, and school-age kids.

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Beautifully illustrated by children's artist Anthony Lewis, with lively age-appropriate text by zoologist and environmentalist David Burnie, the First Dinosaur Picture Atlas explains where dinosaurs came from and how they lived in different habitats across the world. Travel the globe and spot different species of dinosaur in this absorbing look-and-find book. In addition to the colourful maps showing the world's continents, superb full-page illustrations take readers deeper into the different habitats of the prehistoric world to show how and where dinosaurs and other prehistoric creatures lived. This atlas will delight young children and is the perfect first dinosaur reference book for both home and school.

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